Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high schooldiploma to fix one.

After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a “gripe sheet,”which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft.

The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, andthen pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.

Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humour. Here are someactual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas’ pilots (marked with a P)and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.

By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never, ever, had anaccident.

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P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.